Virtually every aspect of water utility
operations could be affected by global warming
and by any legislation eventually enacted
to address it. This includes water resources
planning as well as system design, operations,
water distribution, and customer service.
Even the customer's ability to pay
increased water rates will be affected as the
cost of living increases overall in response to
legislative mandates and regulations to
address global warming.
Large amounts of public monies will be
required to address global warming, and
human lives are at stake. This article discusses how legislation, regulation,
and water utility decisions to mitigate
and/or adapt to global warming based on
incomplete, incorrect, or spurious information
may have disastrous consequences. The article stresses that
a higher level of scrutiny and review
must be given to public statements by scientists
and politicians as well as to the academic
research on global warming and climate
change. Includes 28 references.
| Edition : | Vol. 100 - No. 8 |
| File Size : | 1
file
, 300 KB |
| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 7 |
| Published : | 08/01/2008 |
